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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 3 and 4.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does the food truck stop next to?
(a) A signpost with a big blue "2" written on it.
(b) A signpost with a big blue "3" written on it.
(c) A signpost with a big red "2" written on it.
(d) A signpost with a big red "3" written on it.

2. What was the color of the armbands worn by the officials who ushered the registered team of men into the corrals where the sacks of rice had been placed?
(a) Black.
(b) Blue.
(c) Red.
(d) Green.

3. What is the something special that Sarun told Nea he had brought back?
(a) Rice seed specially treated against insects and mildew.
(b) Vegetables for a stew for the evening meal.
(c) A new sarong for her.
(d) A bag of fruit.

4. What is Baby's real name?
(a) Ningnong.
(b) Palm.
(c) Sirung.
(d) Nebut.

5. What happened when Vietnamese troops invaded Cambodia?
(a) Cambodians were able to flee their country.
(b) Cambodians suffered even more hardship.
(c) Cambodians began to back the Khmer Rouge.
(d) Cambodians gave up all hope.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the name of the dance the young men and women would dance at harvest time back in Dara's village?

2. How many Cambodian men, women and children were killed under the Khmer Rouge dictatorship?

3. What is the name of the refugee camp on the Thai-Cambodian border?

4. A dirt road linked the refugee camp with what Thai town?

5. What river 80 miles upstream from Cambodia did the author stroll along?

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